Off for the Day, Next Call Apr 3, 2025 6:15 AM CST for Day2 of Surf City El Salvador Pro

Men’s Opening Round Started at 8:03 AM Wednesday CST (4 hours ahead of Hawaii)
Fun 2-4′ and slightly chunky and sectiony. SNN
Followed by Women’s Opening Round and Women’s Elimination Round on Standby
Watch LIVE at WorldSurfLeague.com

Pictured: Ahead of the Surf City El Salvador Pro, Caity Simmers (USA), Alyssa Spencer (USA), Gabriela Bryan (HAW), Erin Brooks (CAN), and Brisa Hennessy (CRC) spent the morning with the next generation of El Salvador surfers yesterday at WSL Rising Tides. Credit: WSL / Emma Sharon

PUNTA ROCA, La Libertad, El Salvador (Wednesday, April 2, 2025) – The Surf City El Salvador Pro, Stop No. 4 of the World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT) is ON starting at 8:03 a.m. CST. Competition will begin with the men’s Opening Round, followed by the women’s Opening Round with 35 minute heats. El Salvador’s Punta Roca will offer clean three-to-four-foot surf.

The men’s Opening Round will kick off the 2025 Surf City El Salvador Pro with a world-class battle of 2025 breakthrough contender Rio Waida (INA) taking on CT veterans Connor O’Leary (JPN) and Alejo Muniz (BRA).

Redemption will be in full swing for many, including Yago Dora (BRA) following his runner-up performance last year against eventual World Champion John John Florence (USA). Dora enters El Salvador with an event win in Portugal. He will face CT Rookie Jackson Bunch (HAW) and Ian Gentil (HAW) in Heat 4. Heat 6 will feature a rematch of last year’s Elimination Round upset with event wildcard Bryan Perez (SLV) and current World No. 1 Italo Ferreira (BRA). They’ll be up against CT Rookie George Pittar (AUS).

Former event winners Filipe Toledo (BRA) and Griffin Colapinto (USA) will look to channel their previous success starting with the Opening Round. Heat 7 will feature a matchup of the former World Champion Toledo against CT Rookie Alan Cleland (MEX), and fellow Brazilian Ian Gouveia (BRA). Colapinto will face Cole Houshmand (USA) and Matthew McGillvray (RSA).

The women’s Opening Round will start with perennial World Title threat Molly Picklum (AUS), Rookie standout Bella Kenworthy (USA), and CT replacement surfer Nadia Erostarbe (ESP). In Heat 2, Surf City El Salvador Pro’s back-to-back winner Caroline Marks (USA) has eyes on earning her third win at La Punta. Marks earned her first win of the season at the MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal, and hopes to continue her momentum into Stop No. 4. First, she’ll have to face 2022 event runner-up Lakey Peterson (USA) and event wildcard, former CT competitor, Alyssa Spencer (USA).

Last year’s event runner-up Gabriela Bryan (HAW) will look to go one better at Punta Roca, beginning with her matchup against Rookie Vahine Fierro (FRA) and CT veteran Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS). The 2022 Rookie of the Year, Bryan, is fresh off a runner-up finish in Portugal, and will look to earn valuable points in El Salvador. To complete the Opening Rounds, CT Rookie Erin Brooks (CAN) will face 2024 Rookie of the Year Sawyer Lindblad (USA) and Isabella Nichols (AUS), who returns to compete in El Salvador for the first time since 2022.

Watch the Surf City El Salvador Pro LIVE at WorldSurfLeague.com.

Surf City El Salvador Pro Men’s Opening Round Matchups:
HEAT 1: Rio Waida (INA) vs. Connor O’Leary (JPN) vs. Alejo Muniz (BRA)
HEAT 2: Jack Robinson (AUS) vs. Joao Chianca (BRA) vs. Edgar Groggia (BRA)
HEAT 3: Barron Mamiya (HAW) vs. Ramzi Boukhiam (MAR) vs. Samuel Pupo (BRA)
HEAT 4: Yago Dora (BRA) vs. Jackson Bunch (HAW) vs. Ian Gentil (HAW)
HEAT 5: Ethan Ewing (AUS) vs. Marco Mignot (FRA) vs. Levi Slawson (USA)
HEAT 6: Italo Ferreira (BRA) vs. George Pittar (AUS) vs. Bryan Perez (SLV)
HEAT 7: Filipe Toledo (BRA) vs. Ian Gouveia (BRA) vs. Alan Cleland (MEX)
HEAT 8: Griffin Colapinto (USA) vs. Cole Houshmand (USA) vs. Matthew McGillvray (RSA)
HEAT 9: Kanoa Igarashi (JPN) vs. Seth Moniz (HAW) vs. Imaikalani deVault (HAW)
HEAT 10: Leonardo Fioravanti (ITA) vs. Liam O’Brien (AUS) vs. Crosby Colapinto (USA)
HEAT 11: Jordy Smith (RSA) vs. Joel Vaughan (AUS) vs. Ryan Callinan (AUS)
HEAT 12: Miguel Pupo (BRA) vs. Jake Marshall (USA) vs. Deivid Silva (BRA)Surf City El Salvador Pro Women’s Opening Round Matchups:
HEAT 1: Molly Picklum (AUS) vs. Bella Kenworthy (USA) vs. Nadia Erostarbe (ESP)
HEAT 2: Caroline Marks (USA) vs. Lakey Peterson (USA) vs. Alyssa Spencer (USA)
HEAT 3: Caitlin Simmers (USA) vs. Bettylou Sakura Johnson (HAW) vs. Kirra Pinkerton (USA)
HEAT 4: Gabriela Bryan (HAW) vs. Vahine Fierro (FRA) vs. Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS)
HEAT 5: Tyler Wright (AUS) vs. Brisa Hennessy (CRC) vs. Luana Silva (BRA)
HEAT 6: Sawyer Lindblad (USA) vs. Erin Brooks (CAN) vs. Isabella Nichols (AUS)

Watch LIVE
The Surf City El Salvador Pro will hold a competition window from Wednesday, April 2 through Saturday, April 12, 2025. The event will be broadcast LIVE on WorldSurfLeague.com and the free WSL App. Check out more ways to watch from the WSL’s broadcast partners.